Reactor makers must share accident costs: Greenpeace

Greenpeace said in many countries blame for nuclear disasters falls on operators, but laws often limit their liability, leaving taxpayers to pick up the bill for compensation.

Meanwhile, suppliers of nuclear reactors, including GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, companies involved in the design and building of units at Fukushima, are often legally shielded from sharing blame for accidents involving their products, they said.

There have been no suggestions that the meltdowns that started after a tsunami thumped the plant nearly two years ago were in any way the fault of those companies.

“The nuclear industry evades responsibility in ... a big accident,” said Aslihan Tumer of the pressure group.

“Every business around the world as well as all technologies have certain levels of risk when it comes to accidents.

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